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A zombie who yearns for a better life ends up falling in love with a human, in this original debut novel. R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn't enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead. Not just another zombie novel, this is funny, scary, and deeply moving.

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Isaac Marion ‘Warm Bodies’ – I saw the movie before I read the book. The movie really grew on me and I enjoyed it more as I watched it the second and third time. The movie/book is both a Zombie flick/story and love story all in one. This was my first Zombie book; it did not follow the movie as much as I had hoped. I did not enjoy the ghost of Perry getting into ‘Rs’ head so much in the book. I found it distracting and it made me feel the author used it to much as filler. I have to say, while the book was good, the screenplay was better. Senior Doctor-at-Bass! D. A.

I love the television drama series ‘The Walking Dead;’ need I say more? Isaac Marion ‘Warm Bodies’ was a good fit for me and a pleasant surprise. I also love the movie Warm Bodies so much that I added it to my growing collection. Doctor-at-Bass! Taylor A.

This story is about R, a zombie who is unlike his fellow undead, at least in a mental sense. Yes, he craves human flesh as much as the next (dead) person, but he also hates that he does, wonders who he used to be and also has not yet excepted is fate. When R meets Julie, a Living girl, he realizes that he may be a lot more different than he thought. He may also be, slightly, changing. Warm Bodies us one of my favourite book (that also has a great movie). Its not just a love story, its about how even the most dark and lost creatures (or people) can find their way back.

“Warm Bodies” follows the life of R, a zombie who can’t remember anything about his life. He lives in an airport with his friend M, and spends his days groaning, stumbling, and hunting the living. While out trying to track down some living humans, R encounters Julie, a beautiful living woman. When R begins to feel something inside of him shift, the other zombies and the living aren’t pleased by it.
“Warm Bodies” can be described as an upbeat horror novel. This novel is a lighthearted approach to the normal zombie storyline. While the zombies are still just as murderous as ever, “Warm Bodies” shows that zombies do all of the same things as the living, just in a more gruesome fashion. The characters are rather likeable, and Isaac Marion’s idea to have “Warm Bodies” told from R’s point of view helps to strengthen the attachment that readers have to the characters. The decrepit, post-apocalyptic setting adds to the novel instead of taking away from it, and the novel does not have any slow parts to it.
This novel is suitable for ages 13 and up, due to language and sexuality, but is nevertheless recommended by the author of this review. “Warm Bodies” is an enjoyable pleasure read, but is not a good ‘essay book’ or ‘book talk’ book. There are no real hidden meanings in this novel (unless readers take R’s zombie-ness as a metaphor of some form), but it is an enjoyable pleasure read.

Loved it from start to finish. Warm Bodies is the most interesting book I've read for a very long time. It's insightful, creative, and clever. I found the romance very cute, not too cheesy. This is definitely worth checkng out. FIVE STARS!!!

"She is everything. Her body contains the history of life, remembered in chemicals. Her mind contains the history of the universe, remembered in pain, in joy and sadness, hate and hope and bad habits, every thought of God, past-present-future, remembered, felt, and hoped for all at once."

“It frustrates and fascinates me that we'll never know for sure, that despite the best efforts of historians and scientists and poets, there are some things we'll just never know. What the first song sounded like. How it felt to see the first photograph. Who kissed the first kiss, and if it was any good.”